Political love rumors

Baerbock and Blinken: Transatlantic crush

Rarely have I laughed so much. The foreign minister dream team Annalena & Tony.(Bild: Soeren Stache / dpa / picturedesk.com)

Following her separation from her husband, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (44) is completely smitten with her US counterpart Anthony Blinken (62) - she publicly pays homage to him and calls him "Tony". Diplomacy with a loud heartbeat.

There are encounters in international diplomacy that are characterized by strategic manoeuvres, stiff photo opportunities and complicated treaty negotiations. And then there are Annalena Baerbock and Anthony Blinken. The German foreign minister and her soon to be outgoing US counterpart have managed to show the whole world that the political arena is sometimes almost like a romantic comedy.